Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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